I already have an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro All-In-Wonder 128mb VRAM AGP
video card, but it is for a PC with only Windows bios & drivers. I
was hoping that I could re-flash it to use in one of my PowerMac's,
but have not yet figured out which bios to use yet, or how to re-flash
it without having a Windows PC that has an AGP video slot. Someone
suggested that I could do it by installing it into my MDD G4 PowerMac,
or G5 PowerMac and booting it with a remote desktop application as a
Startup program, so I could control the re-flashing from another
computer where I could see the desktop display, as the Mac with the
All-In-Wonder installed in it would not show any display until the re-
flashing was completed and the computer re-booted.
If I can get the All-In-Wonder working on my G5 PowerMac, that would
be the best way for me to import my video, as I would not have to buy
any new (used) hardware to get my tapes imported. It would also be
nice to be able to use the TV tuner functions of this card from
MacOSX, but I don't know if this is possible, as there may not be any
drivers for it on the Mac side. This will be my first attempt at re-
flashing any video cards for use in a Mac.
On Dec 16, 2011, at 6:38 AM, Rodney Smith wrote:
I just ran across an ATI all-in-wonder 128 PCI graphics card that I
plan on putting in my G4 MDD. It has S-video, composite video and TV
tuner capabilities. These may be hard to find because they came in
16MB and 32MB video ram amounts. I would try ebay. Like you I have
a bunch of old videos lying about that I want to transfer to digital
format.
Good Luck,
R. W. Smith
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